AMD FX-8350 (AM3+) Piledriver Processor Review
Andy Ruffell / 12 years ago
PCMark 7
PCMark 7 provides a set of 7 suites for measuring different aspects of PC performance with a high degree of accuracy. Overall system performance is measured by the PCMark Suite. The Lightweight Suite measures the capabilities of entry level systems and mobility platforms unable to run the full PCMark suite. Common use performance is measured by the Entertainment, Creativity and Productivity scenario suites. Component performance is measured by the Computation and Storage hardware suites. The Storage suite is ideal for testing SSDs and external hard drives in addition to the system drive.
PCMark7 allows us to see the overall system performance and how a CPU affects various aspects of a system. The 8350 performed miles better than its older brother; the 8150 but still fell quite far behind the competition from Intel and while the overclock boosted the score into the 5000’s, it still wasn’t enough to push past Intel but did manage to score the same as the 3960X which does retail for over 3 times as much.
